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South Indian Hosiery Manufacturers' Association. Tirupur and Ludhiana are the two prime centres for knitwear production in India. While Ludhiana focuses primarily on woollen knitwear, Tirupur is actively engaged in the production and export of cotton knitwear. This small town situated in the Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu accounts for nearly 3% of India’s export trade and 80% of India’s total hosiery exports. The town was performing exceedingly well under the quota regime and was granted the status of ‘Town of export excellence. Competition was nonexistent before quota removal and therefore the structure of this industry was simple. It had assured but limited global market. Cotton knitwear production comprises of several processes such as knitting, dyeing, bleaching, printing etc. The fi
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